identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03C08781FFD7FFAFFF77398110505FA0.text	03C08781FFD7FFAFFF77398110505FA0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Virgotyphlops (Wallach 2020)	<div><p>Virgotyphlops gen. nov.</p><p>Virgotyphlops (atelonym) WALLACH, 2020a: 10; WALLACH, 2020b: 326–329; MIDGAARD, 2021: RepFocus website; NAHUAT-CERVERA, 2021: 85, 89, 91; UETZ &amp; HALLERMANN, 2021: Reptile Database website.</p><p>Type species:  Eryx braminus Daudin, 1803: 279 .</p><p>Content:  Virgotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) by monotypy.</p><p>Diagnosis:  Virgotyphlops can be distinguished from all other genera of the squamate suborder  Serpentes by its triploid karyotype (3n = 42), obligative parthenogenetic method of reproduction, and confluence of the supranasal gland line with the caudal portion of rostral gland line on dorsum of head, interrupting the anterior and posterior rostral lines (WALLACH, 2020a).  Virgotyphlops can best be described as a genus of miniature, unisexual, all-female, highly successful invasive snakes.</p><p>Etymology: derived from the Greek virgo, meaning virgin birth, and typhlops, meaning blind [snake].</p><p>Vernacular names: Flowerpot snake or Brahminy blindsnake.</p><p>Distribution: Due to the ease with which it can be transported in the soil of plants, the natural range of  Virgotyphlops braminus has greatly expanded as a result of human commerce to include humid to arid climates in tropical, subtropical, and occasionally temperate regions of the world, except for South America (which it has not yet invaded). Outside of Asia, it is primarily found in domestic and urban habitations.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C08781FFD7FFAFFF77398110505FA0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wallach, Van	Wallach, Van (2021): Addendum to the proposal for a new generic name, Virgotyphlops, for the species Eryx braminus Daudin, 1803 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Pod @ rcis 12 (1): 16-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15593541
